General

Christmas Market Velvet Cave 2012
November 16th until December 23rd

Lights, Christmas trees and wonderful decorations...

Visit the attractive and cosy Christmas Market in the Velvet Cave between 16 November and 23 December. Again, Santa Claus has taken up residence in the Velvet Cave. You are invited to visit his home! Take a look at the room of presents, visit his bedroom and admire the reindeers and sleigh. A visit to the Christmas Market in the Velvet Cave is more than beautiful decorations alone; on your tour of the cave you can enjoy the impressive mural paintings, sculptures, the unique 18th century chapel, market stalls with Christmas and gift items, ancient trades and a cosy catering establishment.
Experience the festive Christmas atmosphere at the Christmas Market in the Velvet Cave.

Christmas items and gifts

At the Velvet Cave Christmas market, you can get a wealth of ideas for your Christmas decoration and can always find a stylish Christmas gift for your loved ones. Browse the stalls with a wide variety of Christmas items and gifts, set up in quaint niches along a circular route. The many handmade local and international products are unique, and some are not commercially available; nativity scenes, sculpture groups, Christmas decorations in mouth-blown glass, Christmas wreaths, candles, decorative seasonal and other items for the home, marlstone products and traditional Polish handicrafts. And of course, religious gifts, gifts for kids, delicious treats (Belgian chocolate) and all manner of craft items and curios. You'll find something for everyone, in every price class. And it wouldn't be a Christmas market without the old-fashioned Dutch poffertjes (mini pancakes) and world-famous Dutch pea soup! In the middle of the route, you find a cosy catering establishment, where you can rest for a while enjoying a bite to eat, for instance a leg of ham with potatoe mash and mixed veg, and a warming (and heart-warming) glass of Glühwein (German mulled wine).

Support Valkenburg history

The proceeds of the Christmas Market go to the organizers, Valkenburg Castle Foundation.
This allows the foundation to maintain the Castle Ruins and Velvet Cave with no government subsidies.
So when you visit the underground revelries, you are also supporting a piece of Valkenburg (and Dutch) history.

Click here for entrance fees and opening hours.